Middlebury College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a rural site not far from an urban area.

Overview

Middlebury College was originally founded as Addison County Grammar School in 1797. It was chartered in November 1800 and currently offers over 40 majors in humanities, arts, literature, social sciences, natural sciences, and foreign languages. In addition to its core undergraduate programs, Middlebury holds summer graduate programs in English literature and modern languages. The college is distinguished for its international studies and perspective, modern language instruction, environmental studies and activism, and literary studies. At present, Middlebury College occupies a 350 acre campus in Champlain Valley. It has been ranked the fifth best liberal arts college in the country by U.S. News and World Report.

The fraternity, Kappa Delta Rho, was founded in Middlebury College’s Painter Hall in May 1905. In the early 1990s, the college abolished fraternities. However, the organization has continued to exist on the campus in a less ritualized form. The college’s athletic teams are called Panthers.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in liberal arts, conservation and resource management, fine arts, and drama and performing arts.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Selective admissions.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• High faculty salary.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Large number of programs of study offered.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: 4-1-4 plan.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, Liberal Arts.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 2,455 in 2009-2010 (2,928 full-time equivalent).

About 48% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 52% of the class.

Undergrads are 81% of enrolled students and graduate students are 19%.

Students under 25 years old represent 99% of the student body. About 0% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Middlebury College provides on-campus housing for 2,350 of its 2,928 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 21 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the New England Small College Athletic Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

Middlebury College offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Other Than Research or Professional Practice).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Single Doctoral (Other Then Education).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (12 awarded)

• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (5 awarded)

• Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (28 awarded)

• Environmental Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (14 awarded)

• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

FINE ARTS (20 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (620 awarded)

• African Studies
• American Literature (United States)
• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Chinese Language and Literature
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Comparative Literature
• East Asian Studies
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• English Language and Literature/Letters
• European Studies/Civilization
• French Language and Literature
• Geography
• German Language and Literature
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• International/Global Studies
• Italian Language and Literature
• Japanese Language and Literature
• Latin American Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Near and Middle Eastern Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Russian Language and Literature
• Russian Studies
• Sociology
• South Asian Studies
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (10 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDICINE (24 awarded)

• Neuroscience

MUSIC (4 awarded)

• Music

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (15 awarded)

• Film/Video and Photographic Arts

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (18 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (60 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biochemistry/Biophysics and Molecular Biology
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (35 awarded)

• Psychology